AnneBoleyn,thesecondwifeofHenryVIII,wasexecutedon19May1536.HersisterMary,rumouredmistresstothemonarch,livedonandsurvivedtheking’swrath.ButthisisnottheendofthetaleoftheBoleynsandtheBritishRoyalfamily-theirstorieshaveremainedentwinedforalmost500years,throughcountlesswars,crisesandtriumphs.Inthisbook,AmandaHarveyPursedelvesintothearchivestotelltheremarkablestoryofanumberofindividualswhoformpartoftheBoleynbloodline,spanningtheworldsofthemilitary,artandpolitics.AmongthosefeaturedareRobertDevereux,executedfortreasonafterleadinganarmyagainstthegovernmentintheearlyseventeenthcentury;LetticeKnollys,banishedfromthecourtofElizabethIaftermarryingthewrongman;andCeciliaNinaBowes-Lyon,thegrandmotherofandgodmothertoElizabethII,whomarriedClaudeBowes-LyonandplayedasignificantroleintheconvalescenceofsoldiersduringtheFirstWorldWar.
